Floor-oiling machine



A. WENGER.

FLOOR OILING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.15, 1920.

1,406,123, I Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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FLOOR OILING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-15.1920.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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FLOOR-OILING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '7, 1922.

Application filed December 15, 1920. Serial No. 481,004.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I AARON WENGER, a

citizen of the United E tates, and a resident of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Floor-Oiling Machine, of which the following is a full, clear and exact description.

This invention relates to a machine for oiling floors or other surfaces and seeks for one of its principle objects, to provide a simple and efficient means for effecting an equal distribution of the oil over the floor or other surface to be coated.

The invention further contemplates in connection with a machine of this character, the provision of a means for regulating the feed or flow of the oil to an applicator member and includes a plurality of interchangeable polishing and finishing members capable of association therewith for various purposes.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a machine of the character described which includes a minimum number of parts which render the same inexpensive of manufacture, assembly and production.

Further objects and advantages reside in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which one practical embodiment of the invention has been shown.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view therethrough taken approximately on V the line 22 of Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the machine illustrating its useage.

Figure 4 is a side elevation partly in section illustrating another use to which the machine may be adapted.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates the body of the machine which is in the nature of an inverted hood open at its lower end. A pair of spaced parallel frame bars 11 are arranged longitudinally in the body adjacent the lower end thereof and the opposite ends of said bars extend through slots in the opposite end walls of the same. In one use of'the machine, two sets of supporting wheels 12, respectively mounted on the axles 13 and 14 are provided, said axles passing transversely through the frame bars 11 for associating the supporting wheels with the body of the machine. The'frame bars at their rear ends are upset or otherwise formed to provide heads 15 which contact with the outer surface of the rear wall of the machine for a purpose to be hereafter set forth. The forward extremities of the frame bar are adapted to protrude through the slots in the front of the machine and through the slots in a wick 16 and the metallic wick casin 17. The extreme forward ends of the side bars 'are transversely apertured as at 18 for the reception of the bolts 19 which are passed through the angle brackets 20 of the brush 21. An oil supply tank 22 is arranged in the upper portion of the body or hood 10 and is provided with a filling opening 23 normally covered by the cap 24 which may be removed for the purpose of replenishing the supply in the tank 22. A handle 25 is rigidly secured to the upper rear portion of the body and is disposed at a convenient angle for moving the machine over the surface to be coated. A vertically disposed feed pipe 26 is arranged centrally of the forward portion of the machine and extends through the tank and the upper wall of the body, the lower end thereof terminating adjacent the lower forward edge of the hood. An outlet port 27 is provided in the feed pipe adjacent the inclined bottom wall 28 of the supply tank, the lowermost portion of which is disposed at the forward end of the machine whereby to effect the feeding of the entire contents therefrom. A rotary controlling valve 29 is mounted in the upper portion of the feed pipe and is provided with an axial bore 30 extending from its lower end to a point above the bottom of the tank." An outlet port 31 communicates with the bore 30 and is designed when in register with the port 27 to effect the feeding of the oil from the supply tank into the feed pipe. The upper extremity of the valve projects above the upper extremity of the feed pipe and has connected thereto an operating rod or handle 32, the upper free extremity of which is received and guided by the yoke 33 adjacent the upper end of the handle 25. By this arrangement the operator of the machine may conveniently control the opening or closing of the valve The lower end of the feed pipe 26 is provided with a distributor head onto the wick from which point it will dri to the floor or other surface to be coated. pluralty of transversely arranged wipers 38, 39 and 40 are employed in the ordinary useage of the machine and each of said wi ers consists of a felt strip 41 clamped at t eir upper ends between the metallic channel member 42, the opposite ends of which are slotted to receive the frame bars 11. In order to retain the wipers in spaced relation and prevent longitudinal movement of the same on the frame bars, the metallic channel members are provided with rearwardly extending cars 43 having apertures therein which are designed to align with apertures provided in the side walls of the body to receive the securing bolts 44.

In the ordinary use of the machine heretofore described, the oil when the ports 27 and 31 register, feeds from the supply tank 22 through the feed pipe 26 to the d18- tributor head, from whence it is absorbed by the wick 16. The machine is moved over the floor in the direction indicated by the arrow. The brush 21 functions to remove dust or foreign matter which may have collected thereon and the oil will gravitate from the wick when the same has become saturated. The wiper 38 operates as an applicator to initially distribute and spread the oil over the surface to be coated and the remaining wipers 39 and 40 function as polishing and finishing elements. This use is especially designed for household or other purposes where an oiled andpolished finish is desired.

In order to adapt the machine for use in large factories, where a polished finish is not desired and where it is preferable to obtain a heavier coating, the rear axle 14 and supporting wheels 12 and the finishing and polishing wiper elements 39 and 40 are re- 'moved and a mopping member is employed which includes a channel member 46 having rearwardly extending cars 47 for the reception of the securing bolts 48. The mopping member is mounted on the frame bars and secured in place of the wi er member 39. A yoke 49 is bolted to t e frame bars in place of the axle 14, and-the same. serves to impinge the mop member against the floor. A caster wheel 50 mounted in the frame yoke 51, secured in place by the bolts 52 are employed for supporting the rear end of the body 10. By this arrangement the app]icatormember 38 initially distributes the oil and the mopping member 45 removes superflous oil.

In order to interchangeably associate the various elements with the body, the bolts 19 which support the brush 21 are removed and the frame bars 11 are shifted rearwardly until the forward ends of the same are. permitted to swing downwardly. The axles 13 and 14 may then be removed and the members 38. 39 and 40 withdrawn, it of course being understood that the bolts 44 have been previously removed. en the frame bars are in place, the opposite ends of the axles 13 and 14 will co-act with the side walls of the body to confine the supporting wheels 12 therebetween and the brush will contact with the wick casing to retain the heads 15 of the frame bars in contact with the rear wall of the body to clamp the same in position.

From the foregoing it is seen that a simple and efiicient means or distributing oil over a floor or other surface is provided, which includes interchangeable elements to permit of various uses of the same. lVhile a preferred embodiment of the invention has been set forth, it is to be understood that variations and modifications which fall within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to when found expedient.

I claim:

1. In a machine of the character described, a container adapted to hold a sup scribed, a carriage, a supply container carried thereby, means adapted to receive and disribute the contents of said container transversely to the path of travel of the machine, means for controlling the feed of the contents to the distributing means, means for spreading the coating dlsposed in rear of the distributing means, means for polishing the coating disposed in 'rear of the spreading means, and means for finishing the coating disposed in rear of the polishing means.

3. In a floor oiling machine including abody open at its lower side and having slotted end walls, a supply tank and a distributing means communicating therewith, the combination with means for movably supporting said body on a surface to be coated, comprising a air of frame bars adapted to be arranged ongitudinally in the lower side thereof in parallel relation, and res ectively received by the slots in the end wals thereof, said bars having transverse bearing openings therein, axles adapted to be recelved thereby and havin the extremities thereof projecting from t e outer sides of said bars, supporting wheels mounted on the extremities thereof and confined between the bars and the side walls of said body, and a lurality of wiper members provided 10 with s ots adapted to receive said frame bars for detachably and interchangeably associating the same with the machine.

AARON WENGER. 

